The Production Planning Team (PPT) needs leaders like you to deliver the future of labor planning for our Amazon Extra-Large Network (AMXL). At Amazon, delivering great experiences for our customers is a top priority. The PPT is reinventing the way Amazon plans labor as our network continues to grow. We’re setting the bar high with new automated solutions including advanced modeling and machine learning to improve accuracy and efficiency of the process. You can be an owner of this innovation and stamp your place in history as a part of the world’s most customer centric company.

Business Analysts are responsible for converting data into actionable business insights. They are analysis experts who leverage a variety of data platforms and analytical tools to provide meaningful information and draw decisions. They build deep contextual and domain knowledge. They ensure data quality and build scalable tools. They communicate findings with the most effective and influential methods.

The ideal candidate will draw upon advanced analytical, problem solving skills, and passion for delivering business insights and analytics. We look for candidates who are excellent communicators, self-motivated, flexible, hardworking, and who like to have fun. We are looking for individuals with strong analytical and dive deep skills who will execute high-level network decisions that have an impact at a big scale. This role will directly be responsible for working with Operations stakeholders to deliver qualitative and accurate labor plans for the AMXL sites and leveraging Python, SQL, HTML, Java, and R, or other similar coding languages to support data needs. Proficiency in the aforementioned languages is required, and ability to be a quick learner and gain additional expertise is required for a successful candidate. This role has great exposure to a broad scope that can really help shape the future of operational fulfillment and promotes career progression.

• Key job responsibilities
• Work with Fulfillment Centers (FCs) and regional leadership team
• Monitor existent metrics, building new metrics, and partnering with internal teams to identify process and system improvement opportunities.
• Support cross-functional teams on the day-to-day execution of the existent program implementation.
• Deliver action plans for senior managers and directors, while being a trusted partner to these network leaders.
• Leverage central teams (i.e. S&OP, ACES, L&D) to drive process and operations execution improvements.
• Provide data management processes such as accessing raw data feeds, building queries and macros, writing VBA code, organizing data and designing reports that present status-at-a-glance visualization for business performance.
• Retrieve and analyzing large sets of data using Excel, SQL, and other data management systems.

About the team
The AMXL Supply Chain Execution team manages First Mile, Middle Mile, and Last Mile operations, supporting the AMXL business from inbound freight to 3PL fulfillments across North America.

Our primary mission is to provide short to medium-term aggregate fulfillment plans (up to 16 weeks) for the AMXL network, enabling accurate labor planning decisions that align with published tenets and leverage automation tools.

We deliver performance metrics to network leadership. When significant plan variations create risk, we alert responsible teams and trigger mitigation actions. We continuously develop relationships with supply chain partners to establish standard work and share best practices.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau experience
• 3+ years of business or financial analysis experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
• Experience with SQL
• Experience making business recommendations and influencing stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in business or analytical discipline
• Experience partnering with executive-level leaders to identifying and solving business issues

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TN, Nashville - 66,900.00 - 117,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 82,700.00 - 130,100.00 USD annually